Who Said Fred Thompson’s Droppin’ Out?
There was noise about Thompson dropping out if a 15% third place was not met in Iowa. With Huckabee outperforming Romney for first credited to social conservatives or the religious right, Thompson’s third place finish or tie with John McCain has done what was expected in Iowa. Change the discussion from polling to real voting. Thompson is apparently not giving up. Regardless of your choice for President, that is a good thing. Too many dropping out too soon does not allow the process to work as well. The more votes that determine who continues should ultimately provide a better choice of leadership. More citizens will have spoken and therefore more people will have had a say in who becomes President. That is after the power and influence has decided from what pool we are allowed to select a candidate.
Thompson Says Campaign Will Continue
By NAFEESA SYEED
Not too many people really talking about the Thompson strategy from earlier in the year. Did he wait too long? Has he not convinced voters his heart is in it? Is it the unfortunate reality that lots of time and money are required to grab the attention and market the personality? Whatever your assessment of Fred’s effort to date, it is reasonable to think the waiting through last summer was a strategy or circumstance that did not work well in this particular campaign season. But then it’s not over yet either.
The following reference may explain the earlier item about Fred dropping out after Iowa.
Fred Thompson Becoming Passionate
Michael van der Galien
January 4, 2008
When it comes sites like RealClearPolitics and the Politico the view from this blog has moved from favorable to at least suspicious of the content and handling of other matters especially at RCP. But that is the deal with the internet. Information still needs to be checked and due diligence is always required if not allowed by time.
With that in mind it is fair to say again that this blog’s first choice for President is Mitt Romney followed by Fred Thompson. So yes, these posts are as objective as they can be with that in mind. There has been suspicion of the obvious attacks on Romney’s faith and the more subtle curiosities about how some media react to or cover news about Fred. The only real antidote for such problems would be enlightened voters but then that is like a catch 22. If there is a concerted and covert effort to diminish one or more candidates unfairly it is unlikely most voters will notice. The number of eligible voters who do not participate is reason enough to expect little from the public overall.